Good idea Wellington, I'm going to save that idea for when the timing is right. Wish me luck!

(10-06-2012 04:49 PM)JayMillz Wrote:  Good idea Wellington, I'm going to save that idea for when the timing is right. Wish me luck!

You might need more then luck

Bottom line is that your enclosure, even if a bit small, it a LOT better than a many torts get. They will do fine, and have the future (in the Southern USA) to look forward to. This is a very short blip in their lives.

lynnedit Wrote:Bottom line is that your enclosure, even if a bit small, it a LOT better than a many torts get. They will do fine, and have the future (in the Southern USA) to look forward to. This is a very short blip in their lives.

Agreed

Nice! Do you have any problems keeping the entire garage warm? When i paint cars I put a planket on the garage door and then plastic (Roll in a box from Lowes) then turn up the heat. But if the temp is fine, no worries. My girlfriends grandparents live there and I couldnt imagine all that snow you guys get

So far no it's been pretty good. The garage door insulation kit made a pretty big difference. It was in the 30s the other morning outside and 60s in the garage outside of the box. I have a smith machine out of view and when I work out in there I'm in shorts and a t shirt and am comfortable. I do have a tarp though to throw over the top to keep heat from getting out more but I don't think I'll need that until the temps get into the single digits outside. I might move the pig blanket down below though, since summer has ended they do stay on the lower level more but before that they were almost always up top.

O yea seems to be working very well. Saying you wear shorts means nothing to me. You probably start sweating at 70 degrees, thats when i take off the jacket hahahaha

Im working on a smaller scale versions of your set up. Looks good. Do you let them walk around inside your house?

As much as I want to let them run around the house, I can't. We are renting a townhouse and I'm worried the walls will get damaged. When we buy a house in June (hopefully), it will be a different story. I like wellingtons idea of giving them the garage in the winters. Then I can just tack some plywood around the sides of the garage and be good to go. Then that box would just be their warm spot